Syd Barrett è deceduto venerdì 7 luglio all’età di 60 anni nella sua casa del Cambridgeshire, a quanto sembra per problemi legati al diabete di cui soffriva da tempo.
Sparito dalla vita pubblica negli anni ’70 era praticamente una leggenda.

Syd Barrett died of (it seems) a diabetes-related illness on July 7, 2006 at his home in Cambridgeshire at the age of 60.
Retired from public eye from the seventies, he was a living legend.

Lucy Leave – 0:00 I’m A King Bee – 2:59 – recorded summer 1965 Interstellar Overdrive (Demo) – 6:11 – recorded 10/31/1966 Candy and a Currant Bun (Alt. Mix) – 21:17 – recorded 1/27/1967 See Emily Play (Alt. Mix) – 23:19 – recorded 5/21/1967 Astronomy Domine (BBC TV) – 26:13 – recorded 5/14/1967 Scream Thy Last Scream (Outtake) – 30:12 – recorded 8/7/1967 Vegetable Man (Outtake) – 34:45 – recorded 10/9/1967 No Title (Outtake) – 37:16 – recorded 9/4/1967 [BBC RADIO] The Gnome – 38:51 Matilda Mother – 41:19 The Scarecrow – 44:51 Flaming – 46:59 Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun – 49:43 Reaction In G – 53:13 – recorded 9/25/1967 [BBC RADIO 4] Vegetable Man – 53:55 Scream Thy Last Scream – 57:32 Jugband Blues – 1:04:18 Pow R Toc H – 1:09:25 – recorded 12/20/1967 Interstellar Overdrive + interview – 1:11:04 – recorded 12/1966